discipline. >> the operating budget fully funded education as well as new air-conditioning systems in 12 schools. it includes spending $4.2 million for a 200-seat addition to sparks elementary school, $34 million to improve care for a high school, $18 million for the chapel, and $18.5 million for an elementary school in the northwestern section of the county. the county is saving money by combining the department of health with social services. >> i think he said a very positive tone. >> the capital provides $34 million in new technology equipment, 26 million in the public works, $20 million in road resurfacing projects and $30 million in refining. >> we have consolidated multiple agencies, but also introduced modern technologies to make us not only more efficient, but to save taxpayer dollars as well. >> the baltimore county budget also absorbs the costs of shifting teacher pensions to local jurisdictions, even though the general assembly failed to act on the legislation is passed session. school buildings are at the core of the county's capital budget. items are contingent on a referendum question asking voters to support $149 million in school renovation and construction. >> thank you. in the meantime, gov. martin o'malley is confirming publicly what we reported on tuesday. in a televised interview this morning, the governor said he is willing to call al-alam -- all lawmakers back to annapolis immediately, but only if there is a consensus on how to undo the so-called doomsday budget the lawmakers passed in the final hours of the session. $500 million of budget cuts will go into effect in july if they cannot agree on an alternate plan. >> right now, people run the world are gathered in east baltimore for the official dedication -- around the world are gathered in east baltimore for the official dedication of the new john hopkins' new medical building. >> the ceremony is underway right now. gov. martin o'malley just finished speaking a few minutes ago. everyone is gathered in the football field-sized courtyard of the new building. patients will move in in april and will open to the public on may 1. today, we got a sneak peek inside. the new sheikh ziad tower and it charlotte r blumberg children's ere dedicated today. >> we wanted the rooms to be , spacious andy beautiful. we think part of healing involves beauty and aesthetics and comfort. >> it includes 550 private patient rooms, including an expanded pediatric intensive care unit, and 33 new operating rooms with state-of-the-art equipment, including surgical teleconferencing's greens. the entire place is equipped with the newest technology and is designed to accommodate new advances in medicine. >> it is designed to accommodate technological features that we probably cannot get it -- anticipate now, but we know will occur. one of the limitations in our old buildings was that they were designed a time when x-ray was considered state of the art. >> the building comes with a pricetag of $1.1 billion. one-third from their nations' like new york mayor michael bloomberg and the united roil and merits -- the united arab emirates royal family. >> we are going to have the best doctors, best nurses, best technology, and best facilities for all of this to take place within. >> as for the old building, that will be renovated and turned into research puts space and office space. more on the dedication ceremony on the news at 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. >> in other news, two police officers and an armed robbery suspect are rushed to the hospital after a crash in anne arundel county. this is just after 11:00 a.m. this morning. the driver of the white toyota that you see there was involved in an armed robbery in glen burnie. officers were pursuing when the vehicles crashed on route 1 in grafton. no one suffered life-threatening injuries. the prosecutors -- the man prosecutors say what was behind the wheel of a car that struck and killed two baltimore teenagers in west baltimore last year was driving drunk. he is accused of trying to cover it all up. >> this is just such a horribly sad story, a lot of tears in court today. not only from all of the families involved, but the jury and witnesses as well, including kendra miles, who initially told police she was the one driving the vehicle that was involved in this crash. prosecutors now feel it was her ex-boyfriend. she described the crash as out of a horror movie. morning testimony was dominated by a rookie officer, john willis, who pulled over the vehicle ruben dunn and kendra miles were traveling in a near b.w.i. marshall on june 13 last year after -- hours after two teenagers were struck at mlk and pratt street. officer willis testified he believed brigandine was under the influence of alcohol, but did not tested because he was under the influence -- because he was the passenger. the defense says his testimony has no merit. >> he does make it up with -- out of thin air and you are going with this? >> i did not imply it at all. i said it. >> kendra miles to the stand through the afternoon. through emotional testimony she said she and dunn argued that night because they had spent too much time at her mother's because he was with his friends too long. when they reached mlk boulevard and pratt street, she told him to make sure they did not get caught by the red light there. miles said cheek briefly saw the two girls and and the windshield caved in. done stopped briefly and then drove away. once they reached 295 he told her to drive because she would get a lesser charge if they got caught. she agreed and they switched on 295 in hopes of driving back to the scene, she says, to help, but they were pulled over and arrested. miles pled guilty to the accessory after the fact and received a five-year suspended and 18 months probation in exchange for testimony. brigandine is charged with two counts of -- rubin done is charged with two counts of manslaughter and is leaving the scene of an accident as well as driving under the influence. >> the community watch volunteer charged in the shooting death thetrayvon martin face a judge today. george zimmerman and his lawyers were in court today and he showed no emotion as he said he understood the second degree murder charges against him and his right to remain silent. his formal arraignment is may 29. much more on this with nightly news with brian williams immediately after this newscast. >> still had to die, major renovations. why this project -- still ahead tonight, major renovations. why this project is so important to west baltimore residents. >> and the campaign rhetoric is ratcheted up in the so-called war for women voters. >> alfredo simone proves today it is not the uniform. >> a chilly night tonight, maybe even some frost friday morning and in summer-like temperatures begin to move our way. begin to move our way. 58 degrees at the airport, we love gardening... yeah, but the feeling wasn't always mutual. i want you to grow big! if you grow for me, you'll get cookies for free. nothing worked. ♪ but we started using miracle-gro garden soil. you just mix it with your backyard soil... and it feeds your plants for up to 3 months. my plants grew bigger... more beautiful... with more flowers and vegetables. guaranteed. everything changed with miracle-gro. for you are these flowers, like soap is for showers. everyone grows with miracle-gro. >> the city is celebrating the completion of a major renovation project in west baltimore. this is the grand opening of the new vintage gardens apartments. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake showed off the newly renovated buildings as well as new construction is a big win for those looking for affordable housing. >> we plan to grow by 10,000 families in the next 10 years and this is an example of how it can be done. when you look at the billions of dollars in investment going on right here, it gives me hope that this neighborhood, this community's best days are yet to come. >> and to show you how in demand affordable housing is right now, most of those units are already rented. >> income and in 2012 tonight, both mitt romney and president obama are raging -- are waging a war for the women's vote. the latest battle, a tweet suggesting and and ronnie never worked a day in her life -- ann romney never worked a day in her life. >> the romney campaign immediately pounced on that and the obama camp called for an apology. >> the comment from democratic consultant hilary rosen ignited a firestorm. >> his wife has never worked a day in her life. >> she is what -- if she is talking about mitt romney's wife. the mother of five men stayed at home that appeared on fox news. >> my career choice was to stay home and i think we all need to respect the choices women make. >> most women in america do not have that choice. they ought to be working moms and home moms. -- they have to be working moms and home moms. that is the piece i'm not hearing from the romney camp. >> the backlash was calling her, and inappropriate and offensive and called for an apology. michele obama jumped into the fray tweeting everywoman works hard and everywoman -- every woman works hard and every woman deserves to be respected. >> the white house distanced themselves from hilary rosen. >> i have not seen her year very frequently. >> the controversy comes as romney worked to shore up his boat with women voters, were key to that either side of women -- of winning the white house. >> on you as which candidate and can offer what women want. >> this afternoon, rose and issued a statement apologizing to ann romney and saying that her words were poorly chosen. >> students at frederick county can thank the g-eight summit for an unexpected day off. clauses will be canceled over concerns of congestion and traffic around camp david. all other school activities, including a detesting and proms will go on as scheduled on may 18 and 19. the last day of school in frederick county, friday, june 8. the last day for teachers will be monday, the 11th. and now, your 11 insta- weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> on this 12th day of april, temperatures a bit cooler than normal. back-to-back days of cooler than normal weather. that has not happened since the first week of march. today, 37 this morning at b.w.i. marshall. 62 was the afternoon high. both numbers are below the normal of 64/42. there was snow on the 12th of april in 1959, but no preset to measure here. but i did see a sprinkle on my windshield midafternoon in timonium. some spots had a struggle for a brief time essentially -- but essentially, another dry day. algins are at a high. the pollen count, 191, all counts at at least 61. columbia checks in at 59 degrees. eastern shore locations, most to meet -- mostly mid to upper 50's and 40's in western maryland. clear skies tonight and winds will die down below 10 miles per hour. that means frost and freeze conditions to the north and west of baltimore and the margin -- in the morning. freezing conditions in western maryland and southern pennsylvania. as low as 30 degrees in the valleys west of town. 40 at the inner harbor. high pressure that is bringing in the cool, dry weather will track across the area tomorrow. bright, sunny skies for friday. temperatures in the 60's. southerly breezes in the planes and a fairly active cold front coming out of the rockies into some warm, humid air. the storm threat will be blowing up. a moderate risk of severe storms right here in tornado alley on saturday. as high-pressure tractor our region it should be pretty quiet. clear skies across the mid- atlantic tomorrow. cloud cover coming in saturday afternoon and by saturday evening, these showers on the computer maps, that is a warm front across the region. a brief shower saturday evening. then the warm front passes by. we are into summer air for sunday and monday. .id-60's's tomorrow temperatures will be rising as the warm front comes through. it may trigger a thundershower on saturday. beautiful on friday with-and 60's. 70's on saturday. beautiful spring weather in the next couple of days. in front with a shower saturday evening and then 84 on sunday and 85 on monday. >> from the susquehanna banks support center, this is 11 sports. >> the orioles hit their first day off. it might have been against the yankees. a sweep of the hand at new york despite the lead in the next -- last two games. mark reynolds finally gave them a moment for which each year. with this two rbi double in the fed. bases -- in the fifth. bases were left loaded in the bottom of the night. adam jones went swinging. that left kevin greg to pitch a little bit more than normal. 3-3 after six games. >> we fought. we put ourselves in the situation. they came back and we just kept fighting and fighting. they had a big hit. we did not have the big hit. we had the opportunity to get it and we did not. i just need to put the ball in play and make the defense make the play. >> for the nationals, opener today, washington hosting cincinnati. that's look good to hold up under the preseason. a moment of silence for gary carter, who passed away in the off-season. bottom of the fifth, no score for adam loh roesch. up the middle it goes. danny espinosa racing on home. washington takes a 2-0 lead. ryan zimmerman with a generous home team score. we go to extra innings. bottom of the 10. zimmermann now one-third. alfredo simone to the mound. a wild pitch and zimmerman scores. nobody happier than he. those are the two winners today. the new orleans saints are pressed to find an interim coach while their leader sits a year in suspension. he takes over in game 1 when he suffers a suspension of six games. he will likely hinder the reins to aaron cromer. -- hand over the reins to aaron cromer. this 240 pound sturgeon was tagged and released by the department of natural resources. set the record by nearly 30 pounds. but more interesting, the estimated age of the 7 foot 3 inch female, 125 years. and she would have wait another 30 pounds, but recently laid eggs. 125 years old and procreating. that is impressive. stay with us. >> here is what we are working on for 11 news tonight, reaction from trayvon martin's family. how they reacted during the charges against george zimmerman. bentonite compound police one bentonite compound police one europe -- and the sleep number bed. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that conforms to your individual shape. wow! that feels really good. you can adjust it to whatever your needs are. so whatever you feel like, the sleep number bed's going to provide it for you. now, sleep number redefines memory foam, combining coolfit gel foam with sleep number adjustability! during our white sale, receive $400 in free bedding. only at the sleep number store, where queen mattresses start at just $699. >> a frost advisory tonight and then a big warmup. it could be in the 80 qazi before the weekend is 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